LEGAL EDUCATION AS A FORM OF DEFENSE OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM

Abstract

The author’s goal is to clarify the reasons for an unusual phenomenon: although many Russian university entrants would like to make a career in jurisprudence, the state policy does not approve this choice. In fact, legal colleges and universities do not encounter difficulties searching for the entrants dreaming of getting a lawyer diploma despite serious problems for the young specialist in finding a legal job. Moreover, legal education is fee-paying almost everywhere. Meanwhile, the state policy is oriented to reduce the number of legal specialists by means of closing down the law departments and declaring as inefficient the legal educational establishments in Russia (mostly, private colleges and universities). It even puzzles, because the state itself bears neither expenses no responsibilities for the young specialist’s career (nowadays there is no assignment of young specialists in Russia). Having studied the specificity of legal education in the context of traditionally formed methods of coordination between the state and its citizens in Russia, the author has come to an unexpected conclusion: the persistent desire of entrants to study law is due to the fact that there is a need for defending their individual freedom with legal methods.